by Shane Henson — October 28, 2011—The workplace is ever changing, and perhaps no one recognizes this more than facilities managers, who are responsible for not only the buildings they manage, but often the safety, comfort, and in many ways the productivity of employees. A new book published by the IFMA Foundation brings together global workplace experts to analyze just how much work is changing, the impact it is having on the workplace, and how facilities professionals can respond.
Work on the Move—Driving Strategy and Change in Workplaces examines the forces driving workplace change and its effects on facilities professionals, providing tools that will allow them to become more strategic leaders in the ongoing workplace revolution. “The world of work is changing, and so, too, is the nature of the office,” said Diane Coles, Work on the Move editor. “The function, design and location of the workplace have undergone a major transformation in recent years, and that process is continuing. Work on the Move considers not only the role the physical workplace can play in a world of work that’s increasingly global, networked, distributed and virtual, but also how this transformation shapes the facility management profession.”
Work on the Move includes forward-looking case studies from around the world and provides practical tools facilities professionals can use to take workplace strategies from an idea stage, to implementation, to measuring their success.
The new publication addresses topics including:
- The forces driving workplace change;
- The evolution of the office;
- Workplace strategy—what it is and why it is important to take the lead;
- Space planning in an uncertain environment;
- Leadership development for the 21st century;
- Change management as a facility management core competency;
- Projected impacts of alternative work on facility management;
- The role of technology in the workplace; and
- Sustainability and the triple bottom line.
